Editing Tsinghua University (section)

==Notable people==
{{Main|People associated with Tsinghua University}}

=== Notable alumni ===
Tsinghua University has produced many notable graduates, especially in political sphere, academic field and industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/news/4205/2011/20110401113140104641057/20110401113140104641057_.html|last=骆昌威|date=1 April 2011|publisher=Tsinghua University News|language=zh|script-title=zh:千余清华校友欢聚华南贺母校百年大庆|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323110230/http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/news/4205/2011/20110401113140104641057/20110401113140104641057_.html|archive-date=23 March 2017|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> ''Forbes'' has referred to Tsinghua as China's "power factory", citing the amount of senior Chinese politicians the university has produced.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Power Factories – Tsinghua University|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlg45lfjh/5-tsinghua-university/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=[[Forbes]]|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128034701/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlg45lfjh/5-tsinghua-university/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Multiple image
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Notable alumni who have held senior positions in Chinese politics include current general secretary and president of China, [[Xi Jinping]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Viktor|first=Eszterhai|date=22 November 2017|title=Xi Jinping – a Leader's Profile|url=http://www.geopolitika.hu/en/2017/11/22/xi-jinping-a-leaders-profile/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=PAGEO Geopolitical Institute|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808200204/http://www.geopolitika.hu/en/2017/11/22/xi-jinping-a-leaders-profile/|url-status=live}}</ref> former general secretary and president of China [[Hu Jintao]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hu Jintao Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/world/asia/hu-jintao---fast-facts/index.html|access-date=20 January 2021|website=CNN|date=20 December 2012|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127023454/https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/world/asia/hu-jintao---fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> former chairman of the [[National People's Congress]] [[Wu Bangguo]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008|title=Wu Bangguo – Chairman of NPC Standing Committee|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008npc/2008-03/15/content_6539652.htm|access-date=20 January 2021|website=[[China Daily]]|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615050549/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008npc/2008-03/15/content_6539652.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> former premier [[Zhu Rongji]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/852898958|title=Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China|date=2013|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|others=Song, Yuwu|isbn=978-1-4766-0298-1|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=429|oclc=852898958|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808200203/https://www.worldcat.org/title/biographical-dictionary-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/oclc/852898958|url-status=live}}</ref> and the former first vice premier [[Huang Ju]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=The Rise of a New Tsinghua Clique in Chinese Politics|url=https://www.chinausfocus.com/news/the-rise-of-a-new-tsinghua-clique-in-chinese-politics|access-date=20 January 2021|website=China-US Focus|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808200203/https://www.chinausfocus.com/news/the-rise-of-a-new-tsinghua-clique-in-chinese-politics|url-status=live}}</ref> This also includes politicians like [[Wu Guanzheng]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002|title=吴官正简历-中国法院网|trans-title=Wu Guanzheng – CV|url=https://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2002/11/id/20451.shtml|access-date=20 January 2021|website=China Court|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128054017/https://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2002/11/id/20451.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> former governor of the People's Bank of China [[Zhou Xiaochuan]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography of Zhou Xiaochuan|url=https://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Zhou_Xiaochuan|access-date=20 January 2021|website=China Vitae|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128101920/https://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Zhou_Xiaochuan|url-status=live}}</ref> former minister of finance [[Lou Jiwei]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017|title=Lou Jiwei, Chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund and Former Minister of Finance, to Speak at Tsinghua SEM Commencement 2017|url=http://www.sem.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/News1/8193.html|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Tsinghua University|archive-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119195156/http://www.sem.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/News1/8193.html|url-status=live}}</ref> general [[Sun Li-jen]], [[Liang Qichao]],<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|date=29 April 2019|title=The Two Scholars Who Haunt Tsinghua University|url=http://chinaheritage.net/journal/the-two-scholars-who-haunt-tsinghua-university/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=China Heritage|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808200206/https://chinaheritage.net/journal/the-two-scholars-who-haunt-tsinghua-university/|url-status=live}}</ref> and more. Since 2016, Tsinghua graduates who have political prominence are disproportionately greater in number than graduates of other famous universities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.sohu.com/20160408/n443684000.shtml|date=8 April 2016|publisher=中国青年报|script-title=zh:哪所大学培养的政治局常委最多？|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917144906/http://news.sohu.com/20160408/n443684000.shtml|archive-date=17 September 2016|access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref>

Notable alumni in the sciences include Nobel laureate [[Yang Chen Ning]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957, Chen Ning Yang Biographical|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1957/yang/biographical/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Nobel Prize Organisation|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210215153/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1957/yang/biographical/|url-status=live}}</ref> who was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for his work with [[Tsung-Dao Lee]] on parity nonconservation of [[weak interaction]]; [[Wolf Prize in Mathematics|Wolf Prize]] winning mathematician [[Shiing-Shen Chern]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shiing-shen Chern {{!}} American mathematician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shiing-shen-Chern|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214005031/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shiing-shen-Chern|url-status=live}}</ref> biologist [[Min Chueh Chang]],<ref>{{Citation|last=Books|first=Market House Books Market House|title=Chang, Min Chueh|date=1 January 2003|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192800862.001.0001/acref-9780192800862-e-278|work=A Dictionary of Scientists|editor-last=Books|editor-first=Market House|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/acref/9780192800862.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-280086-2|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305103942/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192800862.001.0001/acref-9780192800862-e-278|url-status=live}}</ref> theoretical physicist [[Zhou Peiyuan]], astronomer [[Zhang Yuzhe]], biomedical engineer [[Leslie Ying]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leslie Ying|url=http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~leiying/|access-date=12 October 2020|website=[[University of Buffalo]]|archive-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707094024/http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~leiying/|url-status=live}}</ref> mechanical engineer [[Qingyan Chen]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Qingyan (Yan) Chen|url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/~yanchen/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=[[Purdue University]]|archive-date=5 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405015004/https://engineering.purdue.edu/~yanchen/|url-status=live}}</ref> anthropologist [[Fei Xiaotong]], sociologist and ethnologist [[Wu Wenzao]], political scientist [[K. C. Hsiao]],<ref>{{Cite book|date=1 September 2002|title=Censorship of historical thought: a world guide, 1945–2000}}</ref> and sociologist [[Pan Guangdan]].

Tsinghua is known for having educated the most billionaires of any university in China, and since 2017 counts 152 billionaires amongst its alumni.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017|title=Top 10 Chinese universities with most billionaire alumni|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017top10/2017-08/29/content_31255936.htm|access-date=20 January 2021|website=[[China Daily]]|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808200214/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017top10/2017-08/29/content_31255936.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> These include billionaires [[Sun Hongbin]] (real estate),<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Sun Hongbin|work=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com//billionaires/|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017175401/https://www.bloomberg.com//billionaires/|url-status=live}}</ref> chairman of [[Goertek]] [[Jiang Bin (entrepreneur)|Jiang Bin]] (components),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jiang Bin|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jiang-bin/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Forbes|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128062328/https://www.forbes.com/profile/jiang-bin/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Xu Hang]] (medical devices),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Xu Hang|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/xu-hang/|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Forbes|archive-date=8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908181940/https://www.forbes.com/profile/xu-hang/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Zhang Zetian]] (e-commerce),<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 January 2011|title="Milk Tea Girl" Admitted To Prestigious Tsinghua University|url=https://www.chinasmack.com/milk-tea-girl-admitted-to-prestigious-tsinghua-university|access-date=20 January 2021|website=chinaSMACK|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111042045/https://www.chinasmack.com/milk-tea-girl-admitted-to-prestigious-tsinghua-university|url-status=live}}</ref> among others.

Notable alumni in the arts and poetry include author [[Qian Zhongshu]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Center for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Tsinghua University|url=http://www.dfll.tsinghua.edu.cn/dfllen/info/1015/1087.htm|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Tsinghua University|archive-date=8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908181834/https://www.dfll.tsinghua.edu.cn/dfllen/info/1015/1087.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wen Yiduo]], painter [[Xinyi Cheng]], historian and poet [[Wang Guowei]], [[Chen Yinke]], and architect [[Xu Tiantian]].<ref name=":8" />

===Tsinghua clique===
{{Main|Tsinghua clique}}
The term [[Tsinghua clique]] refers to a group of Chinese Communist Party politicians that have graduated from Tsinghua University. They are members of the [[fourth generation of Chinese leadership]], and are purported to hold reformist and hesitantly pro-democratic ideas (a number have studied in the United States following graduation from Tsinghua, and some are said to be influenced by the reform ideals of [[Hu Yaobang]]). In the PRC, their ascendance to power began in 2008 at the [[17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7I0gRcqNoRgC&q=%22Qinghua+clique%22&pg=PA197|title=China's elite politics: political transition and power balancing|last=Bo|first=Zhiyue|year=2007|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9789812700414|access-date=22 April 2012|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808200443/https://books.google.com/books?id=7I0gRcqNoRgC&q=%22Qinghua+clique%22&pg=PA197|url-status=live}}</ref>